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This is an MLive file photo of an aerial view of Palisades Nuclear Power Plant along Lake Michigan in Covert, Michigan in November 2023. Joel Bissell | MLive.com COVERT, MI — Federal regulators are poised to approve a restart of the Palisades Nuclear Plant, putting Michigan at the heart of a national nuclear energy renaissance. Nuclear power has emerged as …

An artificial intelligence agenda that started coalescing on the podcasts of Silicon Valley billionaires is now being forged into U.S. policy as President Donald Trump leans on the ideas of the tech figures who backed his election campaign. Trump on Wednesday is planning to reveal an “AI Action Plan” he ordered after returning to the White House in January. He …

The big telecommunications service providers in the U.S. are working hard to sustain their position and become the leading carriers. T-Mobile, especially, has been ardently working on improving its services and pushing its limits by announcing initiatives ahead of its rivals’ offerings. The company has undergone major changes, including transitioning to a more self-service model to reduce dependence on the …

The sentiment about going to college is changing, career counseling experts say. It used to be seen as a one-way ticket to a career and eventual financial stability, but mounting student loan debt and a shaky job market have turned earning a college degree into more of a question than a given.  “Many older generations had the luxury of living …

In the early 1990s, the writer-director Amy Heckerling was feeling down. Heckerling had burst on to the scene a decade earlier with Fast Times at Ridgemont High, a groundbreaking coming-of-age comedy of libidinous teens, and scored a surprise box office hit with 1989’s Look Who’s Talking. But she was struggling to fit Hollywood demands. “I was thinking: ‘Oh, I’m never …

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Friday signed a law to create a regulatory regime for dollar-pegged cryptocurrencies known as stablecoins, a milestone that could pave the way for the digital assets to become an everyday way to make payments and move money. The bill, dubbed the GENIUS Act, passed in the House of Representatives by a vote of 308–122, …

SpaceX employees are more likely to be injured while working at Starbase than any of its other manufacturing facilities, according to company worker safety records reviewed by TechCrunch. Starbase, a sprawling launch-and-manufacturing site that recently incorporated as its own Texas city, logged injury rates that were almost 6x higher than the average for comparable space vehicle-manufacturing outfits and nearly 3x …

SpaceX employees are more likely to be injured while working at Starbase than any of its other manufacturing facilities, according to company worker safety records reviewed by TechCrunch. Starbase, a sprawling launch-and-manufacturing site that recently incorporated as its own Texas city, logged injury rates almost six times higher than the average for comparable space vehicle manufacturing outfits and nearly three …

Deep in an underground, World War Two-era vault, investment manager Louis O’Connor guards his firm’s most valuable assets. The treasure inside? Rare earth elements. “Make no mistake about it, there’s three and a half meter walls and doors and armed security,” says O’Connor, the CEO of Strategic Metals Invest, a firm that lets individual investors buy into stockpiles of rare …

House passes first major regulation for crypto industry  The Washington Post House expected to vote on historic crypto bill, the GENIUS Act, after right-wing rebellion  CBS News US House passes stablecoin legislation, sending bill to Trump  Reuters What to Know About the Three Crypto Regulation Bills in Congress  The New York Times House passes crypto industry-backed market structure bill  CNBC Source link